Washington Redskins Doug
Williams (17), George Rogers (36), and Clint Didier (86) after
the Redskins' 21-17 victory over the Bears in Chicago,
1988.AP

A former Washington Redskins player is fuming mad because Hillary
Clinton had the audacity to call the football team's
controversial name "insensitive."

Clint Didier, a former tight end for the team for seven years who
is now running for Congress as a Republican in Washington State,
released a six-paragraph statement Wednesday evening demanding
Clinton's apology. In it, Didier also criticized remarks made by
Clinton unrelated to the football team and closed with a
reference to alfalfa.

"I'm just flabbergasted that Hillary
Clinton now thinks she's the expert on what's insensitive.
But if she has suddenly become the Miss Manners of politics, then
maybe she's now willing to publicly apologize for HER OWN
insensitive remarks, Like saying 'What difference does it make?'
about the attacks in Benghazi," Didier said. "She says Redskins
owners need to think hard about the name. I have to wonder if she
thinks long and hard about her own insensitive remarks — like,
that she can relate to the problems of most Americans because her
family was 'dead broke.' Really?"

"I think it's insensitive. And I think that there's no reason for
it to continue as the name in our nation's capital. I would love
to see the owners think hard about what they can substitute,"
Clinton said.

Didier disagreed and connected Clinton's "own insensitive
remarks" to a time he was insulted by a local reporter.

"Well I have thought about it lot — for 7 years when I played
with the Redskins. And I knew it was a name meant to honor the
Native Americans who were part of the early history of the team.
We all wore the name proudly on our uniforms," he said. "This
whole 'name-calling' thing is so hypocritical. A reporter at the
liberal 'Seattle Weekly' recently took a jab at me & the
people of my district, calling us 'rednecks' and me 'Chief
Redneck'' — but no one called him out about that. Can you say
'hypocrisy?' (FYI — No matter how he meant it, I choose to take
it as a compliment — that I'm a hard-working farmer who gets his
hands dirty every day.)"

Didier concluded his statement with a link to his campaign
Facebook page featuring
photos of him baling alfalfa.

"But I won't be sitting around holding my breath waiting for
either Ms. Clinton's or his apologies. I have alfalfa to bale
tonight," he said.